as in hired
to provide with a paying job
thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system
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Recent Examples of recruited
Each of us could be recruited tomorrow and offered more money elsewhere.
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
The researchers recruited 28 female veterans aged 32 to 72, all of whom had been diagnosed with PTSD.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Ring of Fire Skull recruited Dusty Summers from a club in Las Vegas.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivison in June parted ways with ad-sales chief Donna Speciale — a TV-sales veteran who logged stints at Time Warner and Publicis Groupe — and recruited a new executive, Tim Natividad, who has worked for Roku, Amazon and TikTok.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Vought was a key figure in the work of Project 2025, the coalition of conservative groups that created a roadmap and recruited future appointees for the next Republican administration.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
Giuffre's father worked in maintenance at the resort, and after Giuffre got a job at the Mar-a-Lago spa, Maxwell recruited her for Epstein to reportedly traffic to his rich and powerful friends.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
As to whether that will be at the University of Florida now that Napier, the coach that recruited him, is no longer at the program, Lagway provided some insight into his future in Gainesville while speaking to media members on Monday.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
The researchers recruited 28 female veterans aged 32 to 72, all of whom had been diagnosed with PTSD.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Ring of Fire Skull recruited Dusty Summers from a club in Las Vegas.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivison in June parted ways with ad-sales chief Donna Speciale — a TV-sales veteran who logged stints at Time Warner and Publicis Groupe — and recruited a new executive, Tim Natividad, who has worked for Roku, Amazon and TikTok.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Vought was a key figure in the work of Project 2025, the coalition of conservative groups that created a roadmap and recruited future appointees for the next Republican administration.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2025
Giuffre's father worked in maintenance at the resort, and after Giuffre got a job at the Mar-a-Lago spa, Maxwell recruited her for Epstein to reportedly traffic to his rich and powerful friends.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
As to whether that will be at the University of Florida now that Napier, the coach that recruited him, is no longer at the program, Lagway provided some insight into his future in Gainesville while speaking to media members on Monday.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruited
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In 1873 twenty-two-year-old Edward Walter Maunder was hired as the spectroscopic assistant for this program.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Woodward was the one who hired Fisher at Texas A&M.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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This can likely be traced back to Gian Piero Gasperini’s arrival in Serie A with Genoa in 2007, using a back-three system to counteract the prevailing, narrow 4-3-1-2 shape that was commonly employed in Italy.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The report also notes European Social Surveys – tracking public attitudes, beliefs and behavior – which show that there is a 25% chance unemployed people at the lowest levels of jobless benefits will vote for the far right versus 15% for those who are employed.—
Ana Nicolaci da Costa,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Recruited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruited. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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